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William Nelson (search for this): chapter 1.6
he facts in relation to the killing of General William Nelson by General Jefferson C. Davis are recoe a mistake. Davis replied, deliberately, General Nelson, I am a regular soldier, and I demand the nt due to me as a general officer. Dr. Irwin, Nelson's medical director, was called in by Davis to a witness to the altercation. In his presence Nelson repeated the reprimand, and ordered Davis to rs replied, You have no authority to order me. Nelson turned to his adjutant-general and said, Captas highly incensed by the manner and bearing of Nelson. He withdrew, and that night reported to Wrig Gait House on the morning of September 29th. Nelson, after breakfast, was standing in the hotel of him to go away. Davis pressed his demand and Nelson said, Go away, you-puppy. I don't want anythiords by flipping the card into Nelson's face. Nelson then slapped Davis in the face and said to Govace. General Gilbert was appointed to succeed Nelson, and two days afterward the army marched for P[18 more...]
Jefferson C. Davis (search for this): chapter 1.6
killing of General William Nelson by General Jefferson C. Davis are recounted by General James B. Fr Nelson at Louisville. The latter assigned to Davis the work of arming the citizens of Louisville.he regular army, but I find I made a mistake. Davis replied, deliberately, General Nelson, I am a is to report to General Wright at Cincinnati. Davis replied, You have no authority to order me. Nhis adjutant-general and said, Captain, if General Davis does not leave the city by 9 o'clock to-ni against the counter when he was approached by Davis in company with Governor Oliver P. Morton, of puppy. I don't want anything to do with you. Davis, who had picked up a blank visiting card and hol, and a friend borrowed one and handed it to Davis, who started toward Nelson's room and met him Buell's apartment upstairs. When a yard apart Davis fired. Nelson walked upstairs and fell in theed him in the name of General Buell. Fry took Davis's arm, and they went to Davis's room on an upp[17 more...]
Daniel McCook (search for this): chapter 1.6
s position on the right. Fighting for water went on in our front, and it was understood that it extended all along the line, but no battle was expected that day. McCook was at Buell's headquarters in the morning, and received, I believe, some oral instructions regarding the contemplated attack. It was understood that care would Crittenden's corps, and the placing it in position on the right for the general engagement that was to be brought on as soon as the army was in line. We all saw McCook going serenely away like a general carrying his orders with him. In the afternoon we moved out for a position nearer Crittenden, as I inferred from the directiB. Fry, our chief of staff, called me up, and sent me with an order to General Gilbert, commanding the center corps, to send at once two brigades to reinforce General McCook, commanding the left corps. Thus I came to be a witness to some of the curious features of Perryville. I did not know what was going on at the left, and C
Horatio G. Wright (search for this): chapter 1.6
ragic death occurred a few days later. The facts in relation to the killing of General William Nelson by General Jefferson C. Davis are recounted by General James B. Fry in his pamphlet, Killed by a brother soldier, from which the following account is condensed: Davis, who had been on sick leave in Indiana, hearing that general officers were needed about Cincinnati and Louisville to assist in repelling the invasion of Kirby Smith and Bragg, volunteered his services, and was sent by General H. G. Wright at Cincinnati to report to Nelson at Louisville. The latter assigned to Davis the work of arming the citizens of Louisville. A day or two afterward Davis called at Nelson's headquarters in the Galt House. Nelson inquired, Well, Davis, how are you getting along with your command? Davis replied, I don't know, and gave similar answers to two or three questions as to the number of regiments and companies he had organized. Nelson, who was angered by his seeming indifference, rose and
Charles C. Gilbert (search for this): chapter 1.6
his mind, and among other details mentioned the flipping of the paper into Nelson's face. General Gilbert was appointed to succeed Nelson, and two days afterward the army marched for Perryville. Baccess to that water was equally important to both armies. Buell accompanied the center corps (Gilbert's), and the advance reached this stream on the evening of October 7th. From that time until thoments Colonel James B. Fry, our chief of staff, called me up, and sent me with an order to General Gilbert, commanding the center corps, to send at once two brigades to reinforce General McCook, comwhat was going on at the left, and Colonel Fry did not inform me. He told me what to say to General Gilbert, and to go fast, and taking one of the general's orderlies with me, I started on my errand. I found General Gilbert at the front, and as he had no staff-officer at hand at the moment, he asked me to go to General Schoepf, one of his division commanders, with the order. Schoepf promptly d
Oliver P. Morton (search for this): chapter 1.6
ber 29th. Nelson, after breakfast, was standing in the hotel office, and was leaning against the counter when he was approached by Davis in company with Governor Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana. Davis accosted Nelson with the remark that Nelson had insulted him at the last meeting and that he must have satisfaction. Nelson told himit into a ball as he was talking, responded to the insulting words by flipping the card into Nelson's face. Nelson then slapped Davis in the face and said to Governor Morton, Did you come here, sir, to see me insulted l No, replied Morton, whereupon Nelson walked toward his room on the office floor. After the slap Davis asked forMorton, whereupon Nelson walked toward his room on the office floor. After the slap Davis asked for a pistol, and a friend borrowed one and handed it to Davis, who started toward Nelson's room and met him in the corridor near the foot of the staircase, apparently on his way to Buell's apartment upstairs. When a yard apart Davis fired. Nelson walked upstairs and fell in the hall near Buell's door. To the proprietor of the hot
James B. Forman (search for this): chapter 1.6
of battle. One turn from a lonely bridle-path through the woods brought me face to face with the bloody struggle of thousands of men. Waiting for news to carry back, I saw and heard some of the unhappy occurrences of Perryville. I saw young Forman, with the remnant of his company of the 15th Kentucky regiment, withdrawn to make way for the reenforcements, and as they silently passed me they seemed to stagger and reel like men who had been beating against a great storm. Forman had the coloForman had the colors in his hand, and he and several of his little group of men had their hands upon their chests and their lips apart as though they had difficulty in breathing. They filed into a field, and without thought of shot or shell they lay down on the ground apparently in a state of exhaustion. I joined a mounted group about a young officer, and heard Rumsey Wing, one of Jackson's volunteer aides, telling of that general's death and the scattering of the raw division he commanded. I remembered how I
Robert Murray (search for this): chapter 1.6
the foot of the staircase, apparently on his way to Buell's apartment upstairs. When a yard apart Davis fired. Nelson walked upstairs and fell in the hall near Buell's door. To the proprietor of the hotel Nelson said, Send for a clergyman; I wish to be baptized. I have been basely murdered. General T. L. Crittenden, who was at the breakfast table, hurried to the corridor, and, taking Nelson's hand, said, Nelson, are you seriously hurt? Nelson replied, Tom, I am murdered. When Surgeon Robert Murray arrived Nelson was lying on the floor of a room near where he had fallen, insensible. The small pistol-ball entered just over the heart. In less than an hour Nelson was dead. General Fry was in the grand hall of the hotel at the time of the encounter. On hearing the sound of the pistol he made his way through the crowd that had surrounded Davis and arrested him in the name of General Buell. Fry took Davis's arm, and they went to Davis's room on an upper floor. When the door was
James B. Fry (search for this): chapter 1.6
n to the killing of General William Nelson by General Jefferson C. Davis are recounted by General James B. Fry in his pamphlet, Killed by a brother soldier, from which the following account is condens. The small pistol-ball entered just over the heart. In less than an hour Nelson was dead. General Fry was in the grand hall of the hotel at the time of the encounter. On hearing the sound of thes way through the crowd that had surrounded Davis and arrested him in the name of General Buell. Fry took Davis's arm, and they went to Davis's room on an upper floor. When the door was closed Davi. A message came from the line on the left center to General Buell, and in a few moments Colonel James B. Fry, our chief of staff, called me up, and sent me with an order to General Gilbert, commandie of the curious features of Perryville. I did not know what was going on at the left, and Colonel Fry did not inform me. He told me what to say to General Gilbert, and to go fast, and taking one
Augustin N. Parsons (search for this): chapter 1.6
line about the beauty of the dawn, and had wondered how the day would close upon us all. I asked about Terrill, who now commanded a brigade, and was told that he had been carried to the rear to die. I thought of the accomplished, good, and brave Parsons,--whom I had seen knocked down seven times in a fight with a bigger man at West Point, without ever a thought of quitting so long as he could get up, and who lived to take orders in the church, and die at Memphis of the yellow fever, ministering to the last to the spiritual wants of his parishioners,--and I asked about Parsons's battery. His raw infantry support had broken, and stunned by the disaster that he thought had overtaken the whole army, he stood by his guns until every horse and every man had gone, and the enemy was almost touching him, and had been dragged away at last by one of his men who had come back to the rescue. His battery was a wreck and no one knew then where he was. And so the news came in of men I knew and men
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